New Windows ad takes jab at Macs

[averyblund]

I'm a dual owner. I have a nice gaming rig where I spend about half my gaming time. And I have a Mac for everything else.

For me they both serve a great, separate purpose. Being able to constantly customize my hardware at dirt cheap prices makes my PC a flexible gaming console. On the other hand I hate having to re-install Vista every six months because the registry goes to hell and it takes 5 minutes to boot. My Mac is pretty much the only machine I feel comfortable going online with thanks to the scourge of virus/worms/trojans that seem non-stop.

To me here is a breakdown:

Windows:
+Nice software library
+ flexible hardware
+ decent graphics drivers
- Ho-hum UI
- Registry- the slow progression from fast PC to slow PC to OS re-install and back again
- Poor build quality

Mac:
+ Slick OS that will complile many of my Linux apps
+ Quality, durable HW good support.
+ Security (excluding local hacks, which is a retarded argument)
- Not a full lineup of HW to choose from.
- So-so software variety
- Poor graphics drivers.


To me the biggest thing in the way of being 100% is the gaming situation, which has gotten a little better, and the hardware diversity which still sucks big time. For what they offer I find Macs to be relatively competitive with non homebuilt PCs. But they simply don't offer a model I would be interested. Give me a Mac Mini in a tower, with more slots (better GPU) for the same price and I'm sold. Heck I doubt it would even cost them more to make it since the Mini uses laptop components which are certainly more expensive.